Posted on 01/06/2024 5:55:20 AM PST by cotton1706
“Could Boebert run here?”
She can run in any CO district, because the state apparently does not have residency requirements. She seems to have chosen to run in CD-4, which is safe GOP — even for her, probably. She’s not likely to win the primary though; liberal (Republican) simps are already attacking her.
The RINOs are running a scorched earth campaign against the GOP. I guess their Dung Beetle Party pals got them in the mood.
Yeah, ACU is not reliable at all. They use their “lifetime” score to give politicians cover. Their old votes give them cover for their recent liberal votes, thus deceiving the people. And they only rate on certain items.
For example, they used to rate John McCain in the 90th percentile, or close to it. So all McCain had to do was vote right on abortion and taxes and liberal on everything else and he could keep his high rating.
I used to do an average of the five rating groups to get a REAL assessment.
But for a quick view I’d trust CR’s score.
You’re right but how come no one ever talks about the voters?
In south Jersey, a truck driver named Ed Durr took down one on Jersey’s “most influential state senators” with a couple of thousand dollars, word of mouth and Facebook.
Time for the people to start paying attention and dismiss the Bush league RINOs with prejudice.
All rats are running for the hills.
1. The link I posted shows ALL years and not just a lifetime rating. You do realize that the CR score you posted is ONLY a lifetime rating?
More data is preferable to less.
Users who can comprehend more than just one number can decide for themselves what is important and what isn’t.
2. The CR lifetime score contains one — that’s ONE — vote for the entire year of 2023. If recent votes are so vital, then isn’t having just ONE vote for an entire year sort of ridiculous?
The CR people’s intentions are surely admirable but their data selection is trivial and therefore VERY often misleading.
The GOP is a dead party.
It’s not the GOP chair that’s the problem , it’s the damn squishy RINOs who vote like democrats.
Did it ever occur to anyone that these Republicans are being offered a parachute by Democrats to not seek reelection so they can regain control of the house? I wouldn’t put it past them nor the RINO’s that exist.
I hope my instincts are wrong.
Same thing going on in the UK, Tory MPs bugging.
What a coinkydink!
Another GOOBer runnin’ for the tall grass.
Yeah I couldn’t care less how a rep was voting 20 years ago. Completely worthless and misleading information. How is he/she voting LATELY so we can determine if they need to be replaced.
And yes, more information is better.
Heritage rates Lamborn (2022) at 70%
ACU for 2022 85%
CR 76%
Average 77%
So he’s basically a below 80th conservative percentile rep and trending worse.
So good riddance.
“My instinctive reaction to all of these GOP House retirements is that they’re convinced they’ll soon once again be in the minority.”
Certainly that is a possibility. Looking at ONLY the retirements, resignations (and 1 expulsion) from the House, here is how it breaks down:
Democrat pickup: 1 (Santos). Maybe another one in CO-3, which Boebert has abandoned. That abandonment actually helps the GOP chances of holding CO-3, however. EVERY other GOP retirement is just about a 100% certain hold, the overly emotional pearl-clutching about Lamborn’s district (CO-5) aside.
Republican pickups: MAYBE half a dozen or slightly more. Three of those are slam dunks in North Carolina (unless a liberal judge overturns the district map) with other good possibilities in Michigan, Maryland, Virginia and even California. Of course MOST of those are less than 50% probable but not a lot less; the overall balance is clearly favorable to the GOP.
Naturally there are about 50-60 other competitive House seats up for reelection (the remainder are not competitive at all) where incumbents will be running and the balance isn’t as promising in those. Barring a minor miracle on the plus side or unusually massive Democrat Vote Fraud on the minus side, it’s going to be close again. And if it’s close, we probably lose this time.
In the Senate we’re already at a certain +1 (West Virginia), and another pipe dream or 2 not all THAT unrealistic (MT, OH) but still unlikely as of now.
“I’m not getting any younger,” the 69-year-old said. “I want to spend time with my children, grandchildren, with my wife. I want to look for opportunities to do good.”
Look for opportunities to do good?
What, nothing caught your attention in congress?
Sure. That or blackmailed out.
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
He apparently “grew in office”.
Colorado is the next Portland. California expats living and crapping in the streets.
Look at the Red Whimper of 2022.
All the bold talk of Senate seat pickups that cycle - but the DNC pulled all the cash from Florida and used it to great effect in the races that mattered, while the Turtle pulled a Ryan.
To say nothing of Pennsylvania...
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